State lawmakers will get their first detailed look at Gov. Rick Scott’s $74.2 billion spending plan this morning in the House Appropriations Committee.

This kicks off a week-long tour for the governor’s budget staff, as legislative panels dissect different parts of the his recommendations.

When it comes to education funding, the outlines of Scott’s plan (more money per student that last year, with most of the increase coming from a rise in local revenue) have already gotten lots of attention.

But some details – including a few bits of education-related legislation tied to his spending plan – have not. Tucked into 295 pages of proposed implementing bills is a measure that would require new charter schools that want state construction funding to locate in neighborhoods with schools identified as struggling by the state’s A-F grading system (see the bill language uploaded separately here).

State Sen. Bill Montford, D-Tallahassee, has said in the past that the state should hold charter schools to requirements along these lines. While he has long supported the concept of charter schools, he has also criticized those that he says try to lure high-performing students while avoiding those who need more support. He says they should be doing the opposite.

“The whole purpose of charter schools is to fill a void, but … you’re finding all around the state and here in Tallahassee that they’re building charter schools across the street from A schools,” he said.

Under the proposed legislation, charter schools applying for state capital outlay dollars would have to be “be established primarily to serve students in the attendance zone of a school identified in need of intervention and support services,” on top of the state’s existing requirements.

Some Democrats and editorial boards have criticized Scott, saying his budgets have favored charters over traditional public schools. This year, in a break from previous budgets, he has proposed steering more state construction dollars to school districts (a total of about $152 million) than to charter schools (nearly $91 million).

Update (3:20 p.m.): We had a chance to ask the governor about his proposal today.

“I love choice,” he said. “I want our parents and our kids to be able to choose. I want them to be able to go where they can get the best education, but I want to make sure as we expand our education opportunities that they go where the needs are.”